Which one of the following is a reason why astronomical distances are measured in light-years?
Which one of the following is a reason why astronomical distances are measured in light-years?
Answer:
(d)
Newspaper/CA
Core Books/NCERT
A light-year is the distance a beam of light travels in a single Earth year, or 6 trillion miles (9.7 trillion kilometers). The reason for using light years to measure distance in space is because throughout the universe, light travels at exactly the same speed. Therefore, option (d) is the correct answer.